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Another "so cold the mask is primarily for warmth" type day out there... I forgot my binder of notes on bills for today's executive session, so I'll have to just be looking up everything from my previous threads... #NHPolitics
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Chair Dolan couldn't remember the name of Ukraine so he just said "the Middle East" (apparently that's where he thinks it is?)
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first bill of the day: HB1238: @cooljeanius/1493603351803613188
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amendment to it: @cooljeanius/1493604755804983300
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attendance seems... sparser today; Rep. Lascelles is taking over Rep. Piemonte's position as vice chair
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Amendment to HB1238 passes 9-7, so that's 3 absences, it seems...
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so yeah consensus on HB1238 seems to be that it won't do much... looks like we're going to ITL it...
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HB1238 is ITL-ed unanimously, 16-0... there was some fear that voting against this might get portrayed as being "anti-housing", but since it ended up being unanimous against it, I guess we don't have to worry about that; seemed pretty clear we were all just objecting to details
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next: HB1259
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it was this bill: @cooljeanius/1490729111517642753
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HB1259 is ITL-ed unanimously, 16-0
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next is HB1267: @cooljeanius/1484194970823278597
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Republicans are making the ITL motion on this, so hopefully this one will be unanimous, too
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HB1267 is also ITL-ed unanimously, 16-0... phew, I didn't even have to raise my free speech points against it; we killed it without me having to say anything!
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next: HB1268, another one of those bad anti-vax/anti-mask bills
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from the hearing on it: @cooljeanius/1493625488249659397
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HB1268 passes along party lines (didn't quite catch the exact vote total); next is HB1272, to limit the authority of town health officers
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from the hearing on it: @cooljeanius/1484202876448739336
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hope @DemsBelknap are watching: @DemsBelknap/1438940416770985995
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motion of OTP on 1272 passes along party lines, 9-7, so I'm assuming that's what the margin was for HB1268, too...
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Next: HB1289, Rep Renzullo's OHRV bill: @cooljeanius/1493647990162079746
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so, consensus seems to be that while OHRV noise complaints are a legitimate issue, tax abatements aren't the right way to go about fixing it
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yeah this reasoning wasn't really that convincing to us: @cooljeanius/1493654485163560971
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this reasoning seems to be more common: @cooljeanius/1493660691890421764
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my preferred solution would be just to ban the sale and possession of OHRVs (and really all internal combustion engine powered vehicles altogether, tbh), but that probably won't happen...
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looks like, instead of ITL-ing, we might be moving to interim study instead?
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so yeah HB1289 goes to interim study instead of being ITL-ed; there were 3 "no" votes, so I guess that makes the margin 13-3?
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Next: HB1293, preventing people from designing their own septic systems (which... what? Why could they in the first place? I'm guessing the Free Staters had something to do with it...)
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portion of the hearing thread for it: @cooljeanius/1493665220023267331
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this is a perfect example of something where the application of Mill's Harm Principle might not seem obvious at first, but becomes more obvious the more you think about it (poor septic design affects entire communities!)
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I think HB1293 OTP-ed unanimously... onto HB1307
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right, this was the Housing Appeals Board one: @cooljeanius/1490737077973049358
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the point at which I became ITL on this bill: @cooljeanius/1490745485925179399
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HB1307 OTPs 13-3; Reps Vann, Rung and I were the 3
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Next: HB1350: @cooljeanius/1488190107102363650
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not much discussion on it; motion is to ITL it
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HB1350 is ITL-ed unanimously, 16-0
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Next: HB1365, which makes sense to me, but... meh, seems unpopular: @cooljeanius/1493672120278208526
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HB1365 is ITL-ed unanimously, 16-0... I went along with the majority despite disagreeing with most of their reasoning, just due to implementation worries...
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our last bill of the day is HB1374: @cooljeanius/1488151702658162689
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HB1374 is also ITL-ed unanimously, 16-0; we get out early today!
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Happy birthday @mariapz1974!